The Republican journal., 1887-08-25
Literary News and Notes.


Literary News and Notes.
The author Of John Halifax, Gentleman
! Mrs. traik) will present iii the Forum for
| September. woman's estimate of the dis
f, tinctiNc mental and neral characteristics Of
| men.
In an article o.i The Sixteenth Amend
mcnt." 10 aplc:.r ii the Forum for September
Nr'lator ingalls, will set forth the arguments
dcllvalit from history aitl from political sci
ence which 20 - show the ilnpoliry of extend
M lie right Of suffrage 10 women.
Oar August ran>y has come with il forty
PAGES Of boy and -irl stories and pictures. We
wish We coGI'l lend ii To all the Young folks we
Know. But. what is better. send 10 u. Lotli-
r"p Company. Boston. for it. The ei;l,s.gip-
t!on price is = year; but thes will send You
one humber for live ccnt>--it may be a back
number. II is a veritahle missionary.
.,trijHei'> for August open. with the fifth in
| ~'aiincnt of the Unpublished Letters of Thack-
cray, The Picturesque Quality of Holland is
! treated by George Hitchcock. an American ar
tit who has resided in Holland for number
oi Years. The concluding selections from the
| Letters of Eliza Southgate Brown are contained
| in this number Prof. y. :. Shaler has anoil-
rr Of his notable scientific papers, treating in
this one Of The Instability Of the Atmosphere.
| me fiction of this number includes a short
| usual dramatic power. by T. X. Sullivan. en-
titled. The Lost Rembrandt. Its literary skill
and strength of imagination show Mr.. Sullivan
TO be Il writer Of unusual power.
The numbers Of The Living ..-c for August
9th and 18th contain Louis Nv and his court.
and Bishop Fraser. !.o,lon Quarterly: char
acter and Ability i'll Politics. ard .i~acc-Lor-
rane and the European situation. National:
The Revised Study of Berkeley, and Montrose
Marmillan The Royal nuke-Doctor, Good
Words; "Old Hook and Crook" and The Pr-
vate journal Of Il French Mariner in 1.iH.
English illustrated: The Charm of romp, The
Pleasures of Travel. and Persian Plays and
PLAYERS. Spectator: La Coincide du Jour Sat
nrday Review; At Church iii the Woods. Pail
Mall; tocoanlit Pearls, Nature; with install
nh'n'S of "Major Lawrence" 'lsichard Cable"
"A Secret Inheritance" and "Monsicur sill
vans Secret and poetry.
The September IIarpcr's is particularly rich
III three short stories beside the two serial
novels and Il strong variety of descriptive arti-
clc>. Blanche Willis Howard contributes :;
humorous novelette,. Tony the Maid" ilIuStr,-
ted by Rcinhart. The conclusion of this bright
| and amusing picture of American tourists
abroad Will appear in the October number. \
brief romance of Old England in the Cavalier
days of Charles IL. is written by the remark
| able young Southern author. Amelic RiveS
whose portrait appeared in the May IIarpcr's.
The title Of her tale is. ''Nursc Crumpet Tells
the story" Another southern >tcry-writcr
Richard NJ. Johnston. is represented by study
OF two negro characters. 'Mo and Virgil.
with au illustration by kappe>.
OF the more than hundred intcrc>:in and
Instructive volumes from the ready pen of
"oiivcr Optic" civilian T. Adam>l none
could please his readers specially the boys
fer whom he writes. more than his Ready
About, the sixth and last volume in the Boat
Builder Series" which was begun six years
no rhi oh, hny. JoI II
one are 'All Alrift." "Snug IIarbor," "sqslare
and CompaSS,'' ''Stcm to STERN" and .All
Taut," which with "Rcady About" makes
series Of wholesome and thrilin" adventures.
the narratives of which impart valuable infor-
nation on building, rigging and sailing boats.
The only characters presented in this story are
the members of 'The Nautfeller> Club" who
are introduced chiefly to show the contrast be-
tween young men of high aims and correct
PRINCIPLES, and those who are inclined to live
too fast and have no fixed ideas of duty to slS-
tain and advance them in the battle of life.
Apart from the excellent story which is writ
ten in Mr.. Adams most attractive vein. there
is given tEr most careful instruction in the
management of boat, in the form Of lessons
given to young men connected with the Beech
Hill Industrial School, situated on Lake Cham
plain. Any one who reads the book attentive
~ VIII he able to acquire complete theoretical
knowledge of the art of sailing boat in all
Weather>.
President Cleveland has received an auto
graph letter from Queen Victoria in rcp!, to
his jubilee congratulations.
1t appears that Mrs. Langtry is not the first
foreign lady to apply for American citizenship,
Mrs. Emma NJ Poe. of Taunton. Somerset
shire, England, acquired citizenship in March,
1871, and several other cases are on record
since that date.
II. 5. Scott. former paying teller in the Man
haitian Bank, New, York, who abscon,cd in
1855, with 100000 of the banks securities has
made confession to Consul General Wall in
London, duplicating John X. Dunn, a New
York broker. Dunn has been arrested.
The mother of probably the largest family in
America is Mrs. Annie Raush, of Letsrt, Va,
who has just celebrated her Tooth birth uay She
was married at fifteen and bore thirteen chill
drcn, eight of whom are living. She has tiftv-
two Observation-Disclosures. and her de-
scendints number over six hundred.
At the village of Li>S, in Hampshire. Eng,
an OK was boiled whole on Jubilee Day. A
huge tank was placed in hole in the ground,
and was brirkcd all round. The whole carcass
was lowered into the tank. with quantities of
vegetables. and after boiling seven hours, the
resulting soup and the meat were served to the
people iii the village.
In spite of the recent reports to the contrary.
says the Boston Herald. there is good reason for
believing that the cranberry crop of this sea-
son at Cape Cod will exceed that of any pre-
vious year. The area of land turned to the
cultivation of this fruit is each year increasing
and even under much more Instantaneous
conditions than have presented themselves
within the last few months the crop would be
larger. rather than smaller than in years past.
The canning of fruits and vegetables in Cali
forna has increased rapidly within the last few
years. 1t has nearly trebled in a decade, the
pack of last season exceeded 10000 cases and
that of 1887 is estimated to be at least thirty
per cent. larger, making the production nearly
i.oOO,0o0 cases. Fully eighty per cent. of these
canned goods are marketed east of the Rocky |
Mountains. not a few of them being sold for |
direct export to Europe
nervousness, slcepessncss weak stomach indi |
gestion, dyspepsia &c, relief is sure. The only
nerve medicine for the price in market. In walls |
at % cents.
Says Goethe. "Work makes the workman"
Goethe wrote this before workmcn had laid aside
their tools and gone to vibrating their Jaws
How l Felt.
why, two years ago was just about crazy, and |
no wonder that my wife and children were afraid |
OF me- You just want to suffer with neuralgia |
with no relief as Idid until used Sulphur Bitters
Ihey cured me, and now my wife says as
meek as IL lamb-RObert DaTis, 1mey'ic0n House,
Boston.
An agricultural writer says: "Women have
handled chickens and bees with profit" This may
he good way of handling chickens, but bees
should he handled with gloves.
a GA RID,
To all who suffering from tho errors and
indiscrctions Of youth. nervous weakness, carly
decay loss OF manhood. &C.. will send rccipo